[Webinar] Medical Office Management | The High-Growth Medical Career

During our Medical Office Management Webinar, Instructor Dawn Moreno discusses exactly what the job entails and its future industry projections. Dawn has been working in the adult online healthcare education field for about ten years now. Formally she was the director of an online school and wrote content for its medical transcription curriculum. For the last seven years she has been teaching medical coding and billing. Her motto is that life is about learning new things and we are never too old to learn something new.

What will you do as a Medical Office Manager?

Basically as a medical office manager you will be managing medical office staff. You’ll be overseeing the billing and coding employees and making sure the office complies with rules and regulations. You will acquire all of this skills and other necessary knowledge as you learn medical business office management.

– Skills You Will Need

Knowledge of Billing & Coding Functions

Ability to Multi-Task

High-Quality Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Leadership Skills

– What will you do?

Manage Medical Office Staff

Oversee Billing & Coding Employees

Oversee Office Workflow

Maintain Office Compliance

Handle Patient Complaints

Continuing Education

– Where Will You Work

Hospitals

Private Clinics

Insurance Companies

Medical Billing Advocate or Auditor

Why should you know medical billing and coding as the Medical Office Manager?

This question is asked by probably every student that’s ever enrolled in our program. The reason you should know medical billing and coding is you are going to manage medical billers and coders. Whenever you’re managing a group of people it is you’ll get more respect, and it’s always good to know what their jobs functions are, at least a cursory knowledge of it. If you as manager don’t know medical billing or coding how will you know if your medical billers or coders are doing something wrong, inaccurate, or fraudulent.

What is the Future of Medical Office Management?

With medical office management, all health care fields right now are growing. And this is due to the increase in health care access due to recent legislation by our government requiring people to have health insurance. Also, baby boomers like myself are getting older and our accessing healthcare facilities more and more, needing medical care. So the more people accessing the system means the more qualified healthcare people overall we need, whether it be administrative or hands on clinical.

– Projected Growth Rate: 23%

In medical office management there’s a twenty three percent projected increase in jobs over the next decade. That statistic comes from our government, and I feel the statistic personally is low. I think the growth will be much higher than 23%, even though 23% is rocking good, Okay! I feel that it’s going to be more in the 30 to 35% because there is a huge need for qualified medical office managers.

– Average Salary: $35,000 – $88,000

Salaries range between 35 thousand and 88 thousand, having said that I want to make it very clear because of the differences between 360training Meditec is that we tell you the truth, okay. You’re not going to graduate from our program and make 88 thousand dollars a year. You’re not going to graduate from any program and make 88 thousand dollars a year. That’s the highest end of the scale after many years of experience and if you’re landing a really good luscious job. There are people doing, yes. But, that’s not going to happen right off the bat. As a medical office manager just graduating from our program if you already have medical coding and billing experience you may be able to land a pretty sweet job in the 35 thousand dollar range.

Dawn Moreno has been working in the adult online healthcare education field about 10 years. Formerly, she was the director of an online school and wrote content for its medical transcription curriculum. For the last 7 years, she has been teaching medical coding and billing. She has been published in AAPCs Coding Edge and BC Advantage Magazine, as well as writing for her local chapter newsletter.
Dawn has certificates in medical transcription, medical coding, medical billing, medical office management, paralegal, and legal transcription. Her motto is that life is about learning new things, and we are never too old to learn something new. She lives in the beautiful Southwest with her husband and 2 dogs, a German Shepherd and a Chihuahua.